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TIL: More than two-thirds of the DNA-cleared homicide cases documented by the Innocence Project were caused by false confessions.

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oBND8 TIL President Gerald Ford started modeling for extra money after he graduated from Yale. In 1942, he was on the cover of Cosmo.
JY8aV TIL that during the 'Son of Sam' murders in New York City, beauty supply stores had trouble meeting the demand for wigs after the police revealed that all the victims so far had long, dark hair––women changed their hair to avoid becoming victims
5d9R TIL In 2011 Google tied 25% of its employee bonuses to the success of Google+ and told employees to push G+ onto their family and friends.
MLN8 TIL in 1926 a Pasadena mailman planted some avocado seeds intending to graft with the desirable Fuerte variety. The graft repeatedly failed on one tree and he was going to cut it down, but was advised to “wait and see what happens”. It became the mother tree from which all Hass avocados originate.
D1Ydv TIL that in Vietnam, the Vietnam War is called the Resistance War against America, or the American War.